Tom Watson

Posted at18:2415 May

Anger at WhatsApp security breach

MPs say WhatsApp attack is "terrifying".

MPs have said it's "terrifying" that hackers were able to install remote surveillance software on phones and other devices using a weakness in the messaging and phone service, WhatsApp.
Facebook, which owns the app, said only a select number of users were affected.
But there was anger in the Commons, as Mandy Baker reports.
There's more from Today In Parliament at 11.30pm on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

Government to tackle football racism

Ministers hope to take action soon

The House of Commons has not exactly been a place of unity recently, but for forty minutes all that changed as MPs from all sides came together to condemn a recent rise in racism in football.
The Government was setting out its plans to combat the behaviour of a minority of fans at matches home and abroad.
Mandy Baker reports.
To hear more from Today in Parliament, listen to BBC Radio 4 at 11.30pm.